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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has iterated her government’s commitment towards the welfare of Singur farmers who helped her come to power in 2011. She also wrote about her government’s resolve to promote industry in Bengal.- 6 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 9:31am -

The 20-year-old IT Lane Nabadoy Sangha Puja committee has started pulling down their pandal on the road to make way for the approach road towards the new canal bridge constructed over Tolly Nullah.- 7 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 7:52am -

Investigators at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will not accept former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s plea for a month’s time to appear for interrogation.- 7 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 7:50am -

Kitchens in central Kolkata’s mid-budget hotels, designed to please palettes of tourists and business travellers, have suddenly plunged into a gastronomic chaos with their new guests now comprising the elderly, children, ailing and allergic.- 8 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 7:29am -

The state consumers’ affairs department has decided to come down heavily on the brands or company charging money from the consumers for carry bags with the logo and the name of the company imprinted on it.- 19 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 8:12pm -

Celebrating the third anniversary of distribution of parchas (documents) to farmers of Singur, whose land was forcibly acquired by the Left Front government for Tata's Nano factory, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday expressed commitment to the welfare of peasants and also to promote industry in the state.- 21 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 5:55pm -

Learning from the past mistakes, police are relying heavily on forensics to bail out the accused of a double murder case where a man was arrested on charges of murdering his wife and father at Tangra.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 11:25am -

Amid the country’s giant strides in science, courtesy Chandrayaan II, a belief in ghosts still keeps students away from school in Bengal’s Hooghly district. Incidentally, Chandrakanta Kumar, deputy project director responsible for Chandrayaan II’s RF system at the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bengaluru, is a resident of Hooghly where students are not attending classes due to the rumours about ghosts in the school.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 7:01am -

Almost a month and a half after the supporters of Trinamool Congress and BJP were involved in a clash over a blood donation camp on July 21, the general secretary of the Behala East's north mandal BJP committee has alleged that three masked men had tried to set his Chanditala house on fire early on Friday morning.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:58am -

Robots and drones, which extinguished the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in France, may soon be seen fighting fire in Kolkata. The fire brigade is acquiring these gadgets to access places which the fire brigade personnel can’t reach due to extreme heat, excessive smoke or possibility of explosions.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:48am -

Durga Pithuri Lane and Shyakra Para Lane — two iconic localities in north Kolkata — have ceased to be postal addresses, with hundreds of undelivered mails addressed to residents piling up at the Bowbazar sub post office and nearby offices of private courier agencies for the last fortnight. Over 130 postal mails are lying at the post office beside Central Metro station with postmen taking them out for delivery but returning with the same every day since majority of the houses have been evacua…- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:48am -

Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC) has submitted a list of 11 buildings in Bowbazar that are apparently safe for the residents to return. After the technical committee of experts surveys the structures on the list and vets them, the agency will send it to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for final approval.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:45am -

In a post on their official Facebook page, Kolkata traffic police have clarified that it will not accept documents kept on DigiLocker. In at least two instances — one of them raised by Basab Nandi — police officers clarified the motorist is expected to carry all original documents.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:37am -

Nearly two percent patients admitted for treatment in hospitals are likely to get hospital acquired infection (HAI) whereas this number could be three to four times higher in patients admitted in the intensive care units (ICU). Despite the advancement in medical science, HAI remains a challenge for health care service providers.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:27am -

The Calcutta High Court on Friday removed the no-arrest shield for former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, vacating its earlier order protecting him from being arrested by the CBI in the Saradha case.- 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:24am -